I think the Karmapa was considered a serious religious threat originally. Now it is just tragic. You might find this interesting:

http://www.karmapa.org.nz/articles/2003/jan5.html


>>Totally unrelated - about "Free Tibet" in your signature.
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>>I'm seeing "Free Turkey" here quite often, usually by the end of November, and it seems to repeat each year. I didn't realize Turkey was occupied by anyone... though, hand on heart, it does have some foreign troops on its territory, so by definition it may well be.
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>>May also be another case where English is too precise. I'm still getting confused at times. And at places, for that matter.
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>Hi Dragan. Not sure about Turkey. I can only think of the Cyprus and Kurdish issues but there are users from Turkey here who can perhaps clarify it. iro Tibet - its a disaster. Over 1.2m dead in 50 years of illegal occupation. The entire culture and history is being systematically eliminated. And the world does nothing because Tibet is "not important enough" and China is economically "too valuable". All very sad.